Handle RAR files split with a file splitter

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Before version 2.3, theunarchiver was successfully unpacking files that first 
needed to be 
combined and then unrar'd, such as:

  sample.rar.001
  sample.rar.002

With version 2.3, I now get this message:

  Could not extract the file "<insert file name here>": Error on decrunching

Expected results: Opening sample.rar.001 with theunarchiver successfully 
concats the files and 
then unrars the result (just like it used to).

I've attached a couple of sample files (~200kb) to help repro my issue.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by allanlib...@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2010 at 11:10

Attachments:

• sample.rar.001
• sample.rar.002

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Because of the way RAR allows split RAR files to be named almost anything, this 
is 
pretty much impossible to fix. "sample.rar.001" can mean either that the file 
is split 
by a file splitter, or that it is split by RAR itself, and the way to unpack it 
in either 
case is different.

Basically, you should not split rar files with anything but rar itself. That 
might not be 
very useful if you got the files from somebody else, though. To work around it, 
join 
the files with another program first.

Maybe I can figure out some magic to fix this, but don't hold your breath.

Original comment by paracel...@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2010 at 11:32

• Changed title: Handle RAR files split with a file splitter
• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Priority-Maybe, Type-Enhancement

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Yup, I've been using a separate app to concatenate them first, then use 
theunarchiver to do the final unpack.

Thank you for listening, I really appreciate it.

Original comment by allanlib...@gmail.com on 14 Feb 2010 at 12:02